(February 4, 2018 at 10:59 am)AFTT47 Wrote: Brain researchers have found that we process everything emotionally. You may not always like what the scientific method tells you but you favor the methodology itself. At least, that's what the brain researchers say. In fact, they say it is physiologically impossible for us to process anything purely by logic. Our brains are not wired to do that.
Logic, I think, isn't the opposite of emotional. It refers to a tool that is used by human beings to make sense of the world around us or to make decisions and choices and so on.
And not all favor logic when it comes to matters of metaphysics and such, as they are also driven by the need for spiritual comfort in the form of religion and/or faith. And therein lies one of the distinctions, in general, between the atheist/irreligious and the theist/religious. The apologist may, and do, employ proper logic and science when it does not contradict their theology, but it doesn't seem like they have an unconditional fondness for properly employed logic or science. For them, God and comfort comes first, and then logic and science.
But of course, this is in general. A lot of atheists out there don't favor a proper use of logic, and are driven instead by a passionate desire to attack faith and religion at all costs.
